RESOLVED:

That Cabinet approved the allocation of £980,000 of CIL funding to support the design and build of Whitchurch Pool and Fitness Centre.

RESOLVED:

To approve the draft Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, outlined in Appendix I for an 8-week public and stakeholder consultation period.

RESOLVED:

1.     That Cabinet agreed the Appendices 2-4 of this report to be submitted to the Local Plan Examination and for these documents to be subject to public consultation in line with the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).

2.     That Cabinet agreed that ahead of the public consultation any minor editorial changes to these documents are delegated to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

1.     Accepted the position as set out in this report and approved a Public Space Protection Order for Shropshire with the proposed conditions in the restricted area set out in Appendix B (“the Order”) and as defined by the map with an effective commencement date of the 1st June 2024 for a period of 3 years.

2.     Delegated to the Executive Director of Place to authorise officers to issue FPN’s and directions under the order and agrees that the Council use Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN), in appropriate circumstances, where there is reason to believe that an offence under the Public Space Protection Order has been committed by any person. And further that the level of the FPN is set at £100 reduced to £50 if paid within 10 days.

3.     For the purpose of discharging the Order instructed the Executive Director: Place to publish and cause to be erected notices in accordance with Regulations made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

4.     Delegated authority to the Executive Director: Place to engage with any other organisation, not being part of Shropshire Council, where officers of that organisation are to be authorised by Shropshire Council to undertake enforcement responsibilities under the Order.

5.     Delegated authority to the Executive Director: Place to engage with any other organisation, not being part of Shropshire Council, where officers of that organisation have been authorised by Shropshire Council to undertake enforcement responsibilities under the Order (as extended), and to define those enforcement responsibilities and any other requirements within an agreed Memorandum of Understanding and, where necessary, to amend or create any further Memoranda of Understanding at any time during the period that the Order (as extended) is in force.

6.     That in support of the Order a public education and information programme is implemented and as shown in Appendix C